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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Real Cause of 'Satanic Sacrifice' Pony Found A pony found in Dartmoor, England, in July apparently died under mysterious and horrific circumstances: It had been mutilated, and several of its organs were missing, which fueled speculation that it was killed in some sort of satanic or pagan ritual sacrifice. Read More » Giant Telescope Mirror for Future Observatory to Be Cast Saturday An enormous mirror will be cast inside a scorching-hot furnace Saturday (Aug. 24), marking a key milestone in the development of a future telescope that will collect more light than any instrument built to date. Read More » Sleep-Texting: Harmless, Embarrassing or Risky? Remember sleep? You know, it's the activity that involves lying in bed and doing nothing for hours. For a growing number of cellphone users who "sleep-text," however, a good night's rest is a thing of the past. Read More » One-Way Mars Trip: Application Deadline for Martian Colony Nears Martian wannabes dust off those resumes: The application deadline for a one-way mission to Mars is almost here. Read More » Hunt for Intelligent Aliens Focuses on Faint Laser Flashes When it comes to detecting laser pulses aliens might shoot at Earth to attract our attention, scientists now find they can detect signals as faint as a single photon of light every few tiny fractions of a second. Read More » Wormholes May Save Physics From Black Hole Infernos Wormholes May Save Physics From Black Hole Infernos Read More » It's a Cub! Giant Panda Mei Xiang Gives Birth at National Zoo The giant panda Mei Xiang has become a proud mama, again, giving birth to a cub today (Aug. 23) at 5:23 p.m. ET at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Read More » Do You Have the Right Stuff? NASA's New Astronauts Share What It Takes The eight newly selected astronauts joining NASA's spaceflying corps revealed some of the details of their grueling application process Tuesday (Aug. 20) in their only news conference before embarking on a rigorous two-year training program. Read More » See Mars Align With Starry Twins Early Sunday Early-bird stargazers with clear weather on Sunday (Aug. 25) can enjoy interesting predawn spectacle involving two bright stars and Mars, the Red Planet. Read More » Incredible Technology: How to Bring Extinct Animals Back to Life The passenger pigeon, the dodo and the woolly mammoth are just a few of the species wiped off the Earth by changing environments and human activities. Read More » Women in Engineering Earn 25% Less Than Men Women who work in engineering or optics earn less than men, and the wage gap peaks mid-career, a new survey finds. Read More » This Personality Type Is Linked to Success and Happiness Are you a "glass half-full" or a "glass half-empty" kind of person? Read More » Weekend Webcasts: See a Huge Asteroid and Distant Supernova A huge asteroid passing Earth and a distant supernova are starring in a series of stargazing webcasts this weekend, giving skywatchers with cloudy skies extra chances to see some deep-sky objects. Read More » Birds Learn the Speed Limits on Certain Roads Though birds haven't yet learned how to read road signs, recent research suggests that birds can figure out the speed limit on a particular stretch of road. Read More »
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